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and i think that right now this is still a very un. lar bill. it's numbers have been stable, remarkably stable for really two years. i don't think that this is going to change that. this is an inherently conflicted issue where it's hard for either side to gain much advantage, much immediate advantage. now you have a president that is going to defend attacks that he said was not a tax. and you have an opponent, romney who is going to attack a pan date which is similar to the one he had in mass mas. that is an inherently prickably-- prickly situation. >> woodruff: you are saying it is difficult for both of them. >> i think it is but i would give, right now, you would have to say that health care, which inspired a lot of the democratic loss in 2010 remains a fairly unpopular issue in america. the president's message here is let's get beyond these old debates. not let's embrace my health-care reform. >> i think there is a case to be made, judy, when we talk so much about the constitution and constitutionality. we do have three branches. we've got th
and i think that right now this is still a very un. lar bill. it's numbers have been stable, remarkably stable for really two years. i don't think that this is going to change that. this is an inherently conflicted issue where it's hard for either side to gain much advantage, much immediate advantage. now you have a president that is going to defend attacks that he said was not a tax. and you have an opponent, romney who is going to attack a pan date which is similar to the one he had in mass...
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. >> sreenivasan: her name is ri sol-ju and she's married to north korean leader kim jong-un. her photograph turned up unexpectedly in that country's state media on wednesday. read more about the significance of that image on the rundown. and gwen ifill answered your election questions today, on rtongpicsm angiro fwhy candidates take overse trorips to her tips on the best biographies of president obama and mitt romney. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. >> warner: and again to our and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm margaret warner. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access gro
. >> sreenivasan: her name is ri sol-ju and she's married to north korean leader kim jong-un. her photograph turned up unexpectedly in that country's state media on wednesday. read more about the significance of that image on the rundown. and gwen ifill answered your election questions today, on rtongpicsm angiro fwhy candidates take overse trorips to her tips on the best biographies of president obama and mitt romney. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. >>...
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we can see that kim jung-un has kind of flunked his first leadership test here. and we can see there are problems. and the question is whether there is a sort of diplomatic path forward. i can imagine the chinese are not at all happy with the way the north koreans have behaved on th. >> joel witt, do you see any diplomatic path at least to restraining the next nuclear underground test, the assumed one? >> well, i don't think there is any way of heading that off. i mean, all the events are in motion. and they've been in motion for a while. the missile test, then of course every one anticipated that we would go to the u.n. for sanctions. and the north koreans knew this. so they had plans for the nuclear test. that's going to happen. there's no way to head any of this off. the issue is at what point might we get back to a situation where we can at least reengage the north koreans and put in place a policy to stop this. >> but what kind of engagement-- i mean successive administrations have tried isolation, and they've tried engagement. and nothing seems to divert th
we can see that kim jung-un has kind of flunked his first leadership test here. and we can see there are problems. and the question is whether there is a sort of diplomatic path forward. i can imagine the chinese are not at all happy with the way the north koreans have behaved on th. >> joel witt, do you see any diplomatic path at least to restraining the next nuclear underground test, the assumed one? >> well, i don't think there is any way of heading that off. i mean, all the...
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un, yesterday was also a figure in the high double digits. this has become the pattern over several months, these daily double-digit death tolls. however, in the past week or so we have seen what appears to be a dramatic escalation. we've also seen the military go back into this-- go back into hama. they haven't staged a major offense 95 that city since i was last there in august, early september. so, you know, the assad security forces are certainly seeming to want to crush this rebellion that has now entered its tenth month. they sort counting. they said their last count was over 5,000 people. they've stopped counting the dead. it's just an indication of the difficulty of operating inside syria, and also the chaotic scene inside the country. >> warner: now we've seen, especially home-shot videos of security forces attacking protesters and vice versa, but what about civilians? are they also getting pulled into it? and is it sectarian in nature? >> reporter: well, you know, when the free syrian army was first formed-- that's the band of defec
un, yesterday was also a figure in the high double digits. this has become the pattern over several months, these daily double-digit death tolls. however, in the past week or so we have seen what appears to be a dramatic escalation. we've also seen the military go back into this-- go back into hama. they haven't staged a major offense 95 that city since i was last there in august, early september. so, you know, the assad security forces are certainly seeming to want to crush this rebellion that...
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. >> brown: the rise is not un expected you're saying. >> that is correct. c.d.c. is working carefully with state health departments to reach out to every patient who might have received an injection with one of the potentially contaminated medications to find out if they're having symptoms and in cases we are identifying patients who have become ill and are presenting for care and they're being added to our case list. >> brown: what is known at this point about how this could have happened? >> well, every case that we've identified so far has received an injection, an epi durrell injection with one of these contaminated lots of a medication that's commonly used to treat low back pain. we think that these lots may have been contaminated somewhere during the production process. so when the patient is exposed to this medication, the germs that are in the contaminated medication ink bait and have found their way into the central nervous system and caused a syndrome known as meningitis which is an infection of the lining that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. >> bro
. >> brown: the rise is not un expected you're saying. >> that is correct. c.d.c. is working carefully with state health departments to reach out to every patient who might have received an injection with one of the potentially contaminated medications to find out if they're having symptoms and in cases we are identifying patients who have become ill and are presenting for care and they're being added to our case list. >> brown: what is known at this point about how this could...
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un, it looks like a three-way race. santorum has given him a real tuftle there. but he really needs a victory in georgia and an impressive victory, too. >> brown: you see the same mistakes? >> i guess i do. i'm not sure ron paul has to win as much. if he can rack up delegates -- and he's paying a lot of attention to dignities-- if he can get a lot of delegates, there will be a lot of people on the floor for ron paul, and i think that's what he wants in terms of future, influencing the party. gingrich, he has said he has to win georgia but the oddity of the thing is citizenses united and the super pacs, candidates who lose, if they have rich billionaires, maybe even one, they can keep going. citizenses united prolongs primary campaigns. the real perversity is in the short term. i don't know how it will be in the short term, right now they're helping barack obama by making the republicans mutually unattractive. >> brown: let's turn to him. a big speech to the u.a.w. part of the narrative seemed to be, look, things are getting better. >> i think the president would
un, it looks like a three-way race. santorum has given him a real tuftle there. but he really needs a victory in georgia and an impressive victory, too. >> brown: you see the same mistakes? >> i guess i do. i'm not sure ron paul has to win as much. if he can rack up delegates -- and he's paying a lot of attention to dignities-- if he can get a lot of delegates, there will be a lot of people on the floor for ron paul, and i think that's what he wants in terms of future, influencing...
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so what's a highly indebted, un- or underemployed grad to do? >> if there's no jobs, we can't pay those student loans back. >> reporter: the occupy movement tried to organize a mass repudiation of student loan debt. it failed. no wonder, given how firmly the law is on the side of lenders. but it turns out that many of the un or underemployed protestors are probably eligible for substantial relief that they don't even know about. >> once a borrower graduates or leaves school, it's very hard to counsel them on all their options. >> reporter: according to mark kantrowitz, because most student loan debt is federally guaranteed, most is eligible for a federal assistance program, in place since 2009, called income based repayment. but hardly anyone is using it. >> right now, about 2.25% of borrowers are actually taking advantage of income based repayment. >> reporter: 2.25%? that's all? >> 2.25%. so out of 37 million were talking 600,000-700,000. >> reporter: well, why is everybody not taking advantage of it? it would seem like a no-brainer. >> partly
so what's a highly indebted, un- or underemployed grad to do? >> if there's no jobs, we can't pay those student loans back. >> reporter: the occupy movement tried to organize a mass repudiation of student loan debt. it failed. no wonder, given how firmly the law is on the side of lenders. but it turns out that many of the un or underemployed protestors are probably eligible for substantial relief that they don't even know about. >> once a borrower graduates or leaves school,...
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>>un,t's so striking, if you kept reading from that quote what you will see is she went on to say basically, but this is a small problem. the market as a whole is doing fine. the overall quality of the securities is very good. i'm not worried about the housing market. in fact at one point she said if there was a mild correction in housing it would benefit the economy by moving resources to healthier sectors of the economy. you're right. they saw it. they saw that housing was crashing. they joked about the problems home builders were having in selling homes. they would tell stories about home builders giving away cars or dressing up empty properties so they looked occupied and they understood there was a problem in the housing market. what they didn't understand was how important the housing market had become to the economy as a whole. >> suarez: earlier in the year, new chairman man beenu chhetri said at a meeting, "so far, we're seeing at worst, an orderly decline in the housing market but there still is, i think, a lot to be seen as to whether the housing market will decline slowly or mor
>>un,t's so striking, if you kept reading from that quote what you will see is she went on to say basically, but this is a small problem. the market as a whole is doing fine. the overall quality of the securities is very good. i'm not worried about the housing market. in fact at one point she said if there was a mild correction in housing it would benefit the economy by moving resources to healthier sectors of the economy. you're right. they saw it. they saw that housing was crashing....
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un, they keep advancing their program, and they keep putting it to use for what are basically peaceful purposes. the fact of the matter is, whether the united states likes it or not, a treaty gives them the right to enrich uranium if they choose to do so. if the united states wants to have a deal, it could have a deal where there is safeguarded enrichment in iran, where iran would observe the n.p.p.'s protocol. >> suarez: let me turn to ray takeyh. there's a suggestion that the youth has to get used to the idea of an iran that enriches, that this kind of interference that it's been doing so far has not worked. and we might get along better if we accept an iran with nuclear technology. >> the strategy of the iranian has been to develop nuclear material and nuclear advances and get the international community to accept them. we used to say it's not permissible for them to do this and do that and they have crossed those lines. i think at some point you have to draw a line and insist upon it. >> suarez: you heard flynt leverett say the cat is already out of the bag. >> what goes up can com
un, they keep advancing their program, and they keep putting it to use for what are basically peaceful purposes. the fact of the matter is, whether the united states likes it or not, a treaty gives them the right to enrich uranium if they choose to do so. if the united states wants to have a deal, it could have a deal where there is safeguarded enrichment in iran, where iran would observe the n.p.p.'s protocol. >> suarez: let me turn to ray takeyh. there's a suggestion that the youth has...
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he said republicans would un-do all the good his administration has done. >> everything that we fought for is now at stake in this election. the very core of what this country stands for is on the line-- the basic promise that no matter who you are, where you come from, this is a place where you can make it if you try. that's at stake in this election. >> sreenivasan: the obama campaign also reported raising $68 million in the last quarter of 2011 for the president's re-election and the democratic party. the u.s. economy sent more mixed signals today. first-time claims for jobless benefits surged back up, as businesses let go thousands of temporary, holiday workers. but realty-trac reported the number of homes entering foreclosure, fell last year to the lowest total since 2007. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 21 points to close at 12,471. the nasdaq rose almost 14 points to close at 2,724. this was a national day of remembrance in haiti, two years after the earthquake that killed 316,000 people. several sites in and around the capital, port-au-prince, held
he said republicans would un-do all the good his administration has done. >> everything that we fought for is now at stake in this election. the very core of what this country stands for is on the line-- the basic promise that no matter who you are, where you come from, this is a place where you can make it if you try. that's at stake in this election. >> sreenivasan: the obama campaign also reported raising $68 million in the last quarter of 2011 for the president's re-election and...
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un, if with the starts thinking maybe they can't come up with a deal, that could be happening right around the elections. and, you know, that's a very volatile environment. we saw in 2008 when wall street gets nervous, you know, the politics can change really fast. >> woodruff: todd zwillich, you talked to folks on both sieftdz aisle victory republicans thought through that part of it? as we noted, mitt romney is out on the campaign trail at the very same time raising the debt issue. coordination there or coincidence? >> well, the speaker's speech yesterday was scheduled for a long time. it was clear that mitt romney was eager to get off of other issues that capitalized the campaign last week-- gay marriage, for instance. he wasn't eager to talk about that. john boehner certainly was not eager to talk about gay marriage. he would answer that question saying, marriage is between one man and one woman but i'm here to talk about the economy." democrats on the hill in terms of the fiscal bombs that are about to go off think they have some lemple steve mentioned the sequester, domestic and defe
un, if with the starts thinking maybe they can't come up with a deal, that could be happening right around the elections. and, you know, that's a very volatile environment. we saw in 2008 when wall street gets nervous, you know, the politics can change really fast. >> woodruff: todd zwillich, you talked to folks on both sieftdz aisle victory republicans thought through that part of it? as we noted, mitt romney is out on the campaign trail at the very same time raising the debt issue....
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you're using a more inclusive number, as we do, it could be 27 million americans now who are either un- or under-employed. >> well, the president has taken us from losing three-quarters of a million jobs every month to now growing jobs. the private sector has grown jobs 29 successive months. >> reporter: on the other hand, mayor foxx and jared bernstein both acknowledge how tight the job market remains. and thus, the campaign's focus on education. at the university of north carolina's 25,000-student charlotte campus, public policy graduate student kristen clanton will have borrowed nearly $50,000 by the time she gets her masters. an obama volunteer, her gratitude stems from the administration's push to keep the interest rate on federally subsidized loans from doubling. >> it's enough to think about the debt i have currently, but to have to think about, you know, the debt i'm going to accrue by the time i finish graduate school. and then if that were to increase or even double because of, you know, the increase in the interest for student loans, that would be, you know, very difficult.
you're using a more inclusive number, as we do, it could be 27 million americans now who are either un- or under-employed. >> well, the president has taken us from losing three-quarters of a million jobs every month to now growing jobs. the private sector has grown jobs 29 successive months. >> reporter: on the other hand, mayor foxx and jared bernstein both acknowledge how tight the job market remains. and thus, the campaign's focus on education. at the university of north...
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today, our "newshour" inclusive statistic of all un- and underemployed, totals more than 26on mliri ameilcans, near a 17e of the workforce. 1 how many of them worked at jobs that machines now perform more cheaply? how many so-called knowledge workers are threatened by the likes of i.b.m.s jeopardy champ, watson. >> i've been waiting for this moment for a very long time. >> reporter: who may soon echo the old song "i can do anything better than you." >> watson? >> what is jericho? >> correct! >> this mystery author and her archeologist hubby. watson? >> who is agatha christie? >> correct! >> reporter: we've been showcasing the future of technology from a recent conference run by a california think tank called singularity university: 3-d printing of everything from prosthetic legs to organs; iphone heart tests; new forms of life-- organic and not-so-much. the conference raised an age-old question with new urgency: is the fear of machines making most humans obsolete a reality at last? >> it's just going and it's going. it's so scary. >> reporter: will.i.am, lead singer of the black eyed peas, is
today, our "newshour" inclusive statistic of all un- and underemployed, totals more than 26on mliri ameilcans, near a 17e of the workforce. 1 how many of them worked at jobs that machines now perform more cheaply? how many so-called knowledge workers are threatened by the likes of i.b.m.s jeopardy champ, watson. >> i've been waiting for this moment for a very long time. >> reporter: who may soon echo the old song "i can do anything better than you." >>...
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online, we have some rather un- romantic news for those with broken hearts on this valentine's day. kwame holman explains. >> holman: a broken heart, it turns out, can be fatal. on our health page, find out about how severe emotional shock, such as losing a loved one, can impair the heart and cause death. on art beat, jeff talks to pianist jonathan biss about his ongoing nine-year project to master and record beethoven's piano sonatas. and tonight's edition of "frontline" follows former chicago street gang members who worked to stop the violence there. here's an excerpt from "the interrupters." the voice belongs to former gang enforcer, ameena matthews. . >> holding a prayer vigil for a kid shot in front of his home is listening to the radio. he definitely wasn't in a game. he was loved by his block. when ego sets in, these young guys say let's go get who we think did it. >> i'm hearing 20 different things. all of it is is stupid. all of it is stupid. 2:00 in the afternoon coming home from school. for real? this is unacceptable for me to be holding this boy, this young man obituary.
online, we have some rather un- romantic news for those with broken hearts on this valentine's day. kwame holman explains. >> holman: a broken heart, it turns out, can be fatal. on our health page, find out about how severe emotional shock, such as losing a loved one, can impair the heart and cause death. on art beat, jeff talks to pianist jonathan biss about his ongoing nine-year project to master and record beethoven's piano sonatas. and tonight's edition of "frontline"...
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since north korea's longtime ruler kim jong il died in december and was succeeded by his son, kim jong un. secretary clinton today called it a reminder that the world is transforming. >> the united states-- i will be quick to add-- still has profound concerns. but on the occasion of kim jong il's death, i said that it is our hope that the new leadership will choose to guide their nation onto the path of peace by living up to its obligations. >> woodruff: this is not the in 1994, former president jimmy carter-- acting for the clinton administration-- brokered a deal for pyongyang to shut down nuclear plants in exchange for u.s. aid in building electrical power plants. the yongbyon plant remained closed until 2002 when both sides accused the other of not living up to the agreement. from there, the north went on to test-fire long-range missiles and conduct its first underground nuclear test. in 2007, the bush administration, along with south korea, russia, china and japan negotiated a new halt to north korea's nuclear program. this time, north korea again agreed to disable the complex at yon
since north korea's longtime ruler kim jong il died in december and was succeeded by his son, kim jong un. secretary clinton today called it a reminder that the world is transforming. >> the united states-- i will be quick to add-- still has profound concerns. but on the occasion of kim jong il's death, i said that it is our hope that the new leadership will choose to guide their nation onto the path of peace by living up to its obligations. >> woodruff: this is not the in 1994,...
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connecticut,un, we talked about how this is a state on the one hand you would think a democrat could do well there, but she's a woman. she moderated her positions and she put a lot of money into it. >> she sure did, and she ran an entirely different campaign from the campaign she won last time. this was a sochter, more woman campaign. last time she ran as a business success and told her personal story this time and was competitive. but chris enoughy, the democratic congressman, spent, as gwen mentions, $9 million-- not of his own money because he doesn't have it-- but he did win and it's a pickup for the democrats in the sense it was held by an independent, joe lieberman. >> the conventional view is if she had won this campaign last time she probably would have run it. it's to you to run against a national tide in a strong state red or blue. >> ifill: even with that much money. we have talked ad nausim about money and how it's corrupting thiks. >> i tend to think money is overrated. you have to get to a certain threshold to introduce yourself to people with money. after that threshol
connecticut,un, we talked about how this is a state on the one hand you would think a democrat could do well there, but she's a woman. she moderated her positions and she put a lot of money into it. >> she sure did, and she ran an entirely different campaign from the campaign she won last time. this was a sochter, more woman campaign. last time she ran as a business success and told her personal story this time and was competitive. but chris enoughy, the democratic congressman, spent, as...
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falk has received more than $4 million from labor uns unions, which plays a key role in collecting the really pets. falk played up union support in a tv ad last week. >> one was there from the start, one has been endorsed by wisconsin workers. >> reporter: barrett meanwhile has targeted walker's leadership and handling of the economy. >> scott walker has divided our state, and while he's pursued his ideological agenda, last year wisconsin lost more jobs than any state in the country. >> reporter: the democratic primary is next week, but walker isn't waiting. he went on the air last week with a tv ad knocking barrett over milwaukee's unemployment and tax rates. for more on what's at stake and the national implications of the recall, we're joined from madison by fred reek afreyburg of wisconsin public television, and people of both the republican and democratic persuasions watched from the rest of the country, as wisconsin went through its to and fro. is it still attracting that kind of interest from the rest of the country? >> well, i think it is, you see the discussions with various de
falk has received more than $4 million from labor uns unions, which plays a key role in collecting the really pets. falk played up union support in a tv ad last week. >> one was there from the start, one has been endorsed by wisconsin workers. >> reporter: barrett meanwhile has targeted walker's leadership and handling of the economy. >> scott walker has divided our state, and while he's pursued his ideological agenda, last year wisconsin lost more jobs than any state in the...
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. >> woodruff: he chastised the government of kim jong un the new north korean leader at the joint news conference. >> north korea will achieve nothing but threats or by provocations. >> last month the u.s. announced a deal to provide food aid to north korea while the north insisted it would suspend missile tests and uranium enrichment. and loy you u.n. inspectors back in. the president raised a north korean issue and iran's nuclear status with china's president today. white house officials said he urged the chinese to try to do more to influence pyongyang. later mr. obama met with dmitri medvedev, president of russia the world's other major nuclear power. the plans for a missile defense system in europe prompted this exchange in a private moment. >> woodruff: slad mere is of course putin, medvedev's predecessor and now his elected successor. russian cooperation also remains key to agreements to reduce super power nuclear arsenals. as well as to resolution of the iranian nuclear issue. as the guessing game over whether israel will strike iran continues. russian and american officials di
. >> woodruff: he chastised the government of kim jong un the new north korean leader at the joint news conference. >> north korea will achieve nothing but threats or by provocations. >> last month the u.s. announced a deal to provide food aid to north korea while the north insisted it would suspend missile tests and uranium enrichment. and loy you u.n. inspectors back in. the president raised a north korean issue and iran's nuclear status with china's president today. white...
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this is--un, talk about the cuts, and my goodness, the cuts are visited about basically people who are means tested, people of lower and ordinary-- even less than ordinary income-- and all the advantages go, in terms of the tax side of it, to the best off. and i just think, politically as a document, it is a disaster for republicans and particularly for mitt romney given his biographical problems. >> i have my doubts about it but not in that way. the argument behind it, and i've debated paul rnabout this is he thinks we're headed-- and i think he's right about this-- for a fiscal catastrophe some time in the next few years, and you might not like the cuts that go in the ryan budget but it gets us toward fiscal survivability. it does not balance the budget. it increases spending 3% a year. it does not shrink government. government goes up over $1 trillion in 10 years but it avoids a fiscal catastrophe. ryan's message is you may not like this but at least i'm getting us to fiscal survivability. therefore, you have to take it seriously. the political argument is we're going to treat the a
this is--un, talk about the cuts, and my goodness, the cuts are visited about basically people who are means tested, people of lower and ordinary-- even less than ordinary income-- and all the advantages go, in terms of the tax side of it, to the best off. and i just think, politically as a document, it is a disaster for republicans and particularly for mitt romney given his biographical problems. >> i have my doubts about it but not in that way. the argument behind it, and i've debated...
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his grandson, and the country's new leader kim jong un was given yet another title today-- "first secretary" of the ruling workers' party, further enhancing his position. for more on this i'm joined now by john isaacs, the executive director of the center for arms control and non-proliferation, where he focuses on missile defense and nuclear weapons. and it's good to have you with us. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: just from what you've seen of that missile and anything else you know about it, what can you tell us about it? >> this is something the north koreans have done twice already. they've conducted two missile tests, once in 2006, once in 2009, neither one were very successful. and so they're trying again. ultimately, this missile, if it's successful, could go as far as the western united states, alaska, hawaii. but it's a long way from developing this missile as the north koreans want to do, to also develop a nuclear bomb that they can mate to the top of the missile. >> woodruff: well they say right now this is just a missile to get a satellite into orbit. >> correct. >> woodruff:
his grandson, and the country's new leader kim jong un was given yet another title today-- "first secretary" of the ruling workers' party, further enhancing his position. for more on this i'm joined now by john isaacs, the executive director of the center for arms control and non-proliferation, where he focuses on missile defense and nuclear weapons. and it's good to have you with us. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: just from what you've seen of that missile and anything...
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it was a very significant opening, and this one has been--un, the people who really wanted to go were the dissident and opposition voices in cuba, and they were barred from going, some of whom were arrested in the days previous, and a lot of people who didn't want to go were bussed in. so there's a certain irony there, but definitely benedict is not john paul. but it's an opening, and in some ways, it enhances the role of the catholic church and the archbishop of havana, enhances their role as most important n.g.o. in cuba. >> brown: nick miroff, tell us a little bit more about that, about the role of the church, ien, how it has changed. how much clout does it have? >> well, ironically, even though i think, you know, the number of cubans who regularly attend mass is something like less than 10%, the institutional profile of the church has increased in recent years, and that's mostly because the cuban government, especially raul castro, has sought and that is interested, i think, in having a partner who can help both cope with the changes that the-- the economic changes that the govern
it was a very significant opening, and this one has been--un, the people who really wanted to go were the dissident and opposition voices in cuba, and they were barred from going, some of whom were arrested in the days previous, and a lot of people who didn't want to go were bussed in. so there's a certain irony there, but definitely benedict is not john paul. but it's an opening, and in some ways, it enhances the role of the catholic church and the archbishop of havana, enhances their role as...
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it was about writing an un-- righting an unspeakable wrong. literally. it was about healing an unbearable wound in america's heart. and he also knew he also knew the message we had to send around the world. if you attack innocent americans we will follow you to the end of the earth. [applause] most of all, most of all, most of all, president obama had an unyielding faith in the capacity and the capability of our special forces. literally, the finest warriors in the history of the world. the finest warriors in the history of the world. so we sat originally only five of us we sat in the situation room beginning in the fall the year before. we listened, we talked. we heard. and he listened to the risks and reservations about the raid. he asked again the tough questions. he listened to the doubts that were expressed. but when admiral looked him in the eye and said "sir, we can get this job done." i sit next to him at looked at your husband and i knew at that moment he had made his decision. and his response was decisive. he said do it and justice was done. [
it was about writing an un-- righting an unspeakable wrong. literally. it was about healing an unbearable wound in america's heart. and he also knew he also knew the message we had to send around the world. if you attack innocent americans we will follow you to the end of the earth. [applause] most of all, most of all, most of all, president obama had an unyielding faith in the capacity and the capability of our special forces. literally, the finest warriors in the history of the world. the...